Problem with Michael Cohen's header-cleanup script
edhall%rand-unix at sri-unix.UUCP
edhall%rand-unix at sri-unix.UUCP
Thu Jun 23 16:09:00 AEST 1983
Indeed, many mailers (especially older ones) add `>' in front of any pre-
existing line that starts with `From', whether in the header or body. This
is because some mail programs use the `From' line to define boundries
between messages, and look only at the first five letters. The V7 mail
program is this way. In fact, if mail has a path through a system with
such a mailer, it may well have the `>''s attatched even if the source
and destination systems are `smarter'.
There are more Vanilla V7 systems lurking about than you might think...
-Ed
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